ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Latvia (January 2004)

26 January 2004

ERRC submission to the European Commission on the Joint Inclusion Memorandum of Latvia (January 2004)

The European Roma Rights Center (ERRC) welcomes Latvia's Joint Inclusion Memorandum ("JIM") on matters relating to social inclusion. In a number of respects, the ERRC believes, the Latvian JIM represents a step forward in terms of government recognition of issues related to Roma in Latvia. It therefore can provide an important basis for future policy, as Latvia moves in the coming months to prepare its first National Action Plan ("NAP") on social inclusion. The ERRC offers the following comments on Latvia's JIM, which we believe will be of use in preparing the first Latvian NAP.

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